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'i l Letters Patent No. 69,12%),'rlatail Sel-)temeer 24, 186i'.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. RODGERS., of Brooklyn, E. 1)., in the county of Kings, und State of New` York, have invented, mede, and applied to-use e certain new and useful Improvement in Measure and Funnel cemhined; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the s'aid'invcntion, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, in which I have shown a. vertical section of seid combined measure und funnel. i

Heretofore a. measure has been made with a funnel-nose, und a faucet` has been combined with a measure placed above' the c oek, the measure being supplied byturning the cock one Way, and allowed -to empty by turning the-cock the other wey. i

The nature of my said`invention consists -in a funnel, that is provided with a cover and a 'clamp for attaching it to the faucet, incombination with a valve for closing the exit et* the funnel while measuring thcliquid in the lseid funnel.

By thiseonstruction the measure and funnel een he permanentlynttached .to any ordinary cock or faucet, andthe measure will always be in place 4and covered upeo es to exclude insects, dust, or dirt, and all that'is required is lto turn the cock for supplying the liquid into the measure, and then opening the' valve'to allow it to run out into any receiving vessel. I attach a lever to'the cock so that it shall act to opcnthe valve as the cock is closed.`

In the drawing it represents a part of a barrel or other vessel 4holding the liquid to be measured. I isa faucet or cock of any desired character. c is my measure, oi' any desired size and shape, but in the form of a funncl'at theI bottom, with the tzipering tube e is the cover of `the measure c, secured thereto hy bayonet lslots and pins or other locking device. 'f is e ring lztrge enough to receive the end of the bib, having nclamping screw and being permanently attached to the cover e. The side oi' the measure is made transparent by the iutroductiouof a strip of glu-ss, and cross-bereut this point denote the different measures. A. valve, z', isapplicd 'et the bottom of the measure or funnel, to close the pipe Z when measuring the liquid, and this-valve is opened by a rod, l, ticted upon by e lever-erm, k, from the plug of the cock b, so as to lift the valve lL' as the cock is shut, or a lever might he employed on the measure and operated by hand to raise this valve This lever is shown by dotted lines.

rlhiss combined measure and funnel is durable, cleanly, and particularly -available in measuring liquors, uincs, heer, Vend oils. It can be easily applied 'to any faucet, and is alivnys in position for use. v

Whatl claim', and desire toy secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cover und clamp. to attach to a. faucet, in combination with the measure and funnel, provided with a valve, as and for the purposes specified.

In combination with scid' measure and valve, I claim the lever k, connected tethc cool: for raising the 'valve i, as set forth. l

In witness 'whereof I have hereunto set my signature this seventh day o i' February, i867.

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W'nesscs: v y

Guo. D. WALKER, CnAs. H. SMITH. 

